G'day JEAN

02 Nov 04 09:49, JEAN PARROT wrote to DAVID DRUMMOND:

 JP>>         I think that Laplink was a pioneering process, slow at
 JP>>  4-bit. MS improved on it at 8-bit with DCC. USB is the way to go
 JP>>  as you found out.

 DD>> Do those programs work OK with USB 2? It is much faster than USB 1

 JP>         I do not really think that they are programmes, David.
 JP>  More a connection, physical set up between two systems, using the
 JP>  proper cables. Mind you, there has to be software behind all
 JP>  this. Not having used Laplink, I never saw if one had to "load"
 JP>  something to use it. In Windows, one has to access the proper
 JP>  page where that can be set up, even DCC is still present in these
 JP>  days of LAN and USB connections.

Laplink IS a program one runs (or ran back then) to perform the file
transfer over the serial or parallel cable. I have used it.

I think the USB file transfer thingy is a similar utility, I've not used it though.

Regards,
David

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